FruitBooTeR
Member
Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
User status: Offline
|
Redtop and LET
Redtop is the easiest option as the engines are more available and the actual conversion is proberly cheaper.
But... Would you get bored of redtop power and want more??
Is the psshhh sound really worth that extra money 
Just things like servicing/repair costs for LETs i think are the biggest cons as ive noticed a lot of people with LET's are stribing and rebuilding their engine every other day.
You also do need to have a much wider mechanical knowledge for the LET?
If i was to do a conversion on mine i really dont think i could decide which one to have.
Pros and cons please
|
fazza
Member
Registered: 7th Feb 08
Location: Plymouth
User status: Offline
|
Is the psshhh sound really worth that extra money
i think so 
|
myke
Member
Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
User status: Offline
|
it's not the psshhh that you pay the extra for, it's the 33% more power as standard and the ease of further tuning.
whether that's worth the extra £700 buying the engine and higher maintenance costs is a personal choice.
|
JonnyJ
Member
Registered: 23rd Sep 05
Location: Scotchland
User status: Offline
|
Id say if your handy mechanically/know someone who is and can afford the running costs and any repairs that might crop up then go for the LET
|
FruitBooTeR
Member
Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
User status: Offline
|
Its the higher maintenance costs that put me off 
|
Whittie
Member
Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
User status: Offline
|
LET
|
Planty02
Member
Registered: 5th Mar 05
Location: Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
User status: Offline
|
higher insurence too 
|
fir3vip3r
Member
Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
User status: Offline
|
if your so worried about costs just xe it, see how you fair tbh
|
P1CK4D
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Around Essex Somewhere
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by fir3vip3r
if your so worried about costs just xe it, see how you fair tbh
Very true. If you have to think or have second thoughts regarding maintenance on a LET. Dont even bother. They do cost a small fortune.
|
myke
Member
Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
User status: Offline
|
if you're doing it yourself, then do an XE first.
If you handled that ok, and want more power/can afford it, swap it out for the LET. shouldn't be too big of a job once you've got all of the bits and know what you're doing. can still sell on th XE, so you shouldn't lose out in the long run. just blood, sweat, tears, and man hours
|
dan-sport
Member
Registered: 9th Oct 07
Location: Bushbury, West Midlands
User status: Offline
|
what i want to now is why do people have so much trouble with the lets? they don't seem to be a problem when their in calibras
|
Tommy L
Member
Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
User status: Offline
|
If i was to be doing something like this, i would have to get a LET. I think i would be disapointed with an XE and would want a LET 
If you are wanting it for the psssh sound then a LET isn't for you
|
P1CK4D
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Around Essex Somewhere
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by caribic_dan
what i want to now is why do people have so much trouble with the lets? they don't seem to be a problem when their in calibras
After 100,000 miles nearly every part will be worn, battered or slightly fucked but will keep going as its sat there all that time.. once disturbed, (taking out for a conversion) things will just break. Im on my 2nd LET wiring loom let along other parts.
|
fir3vip3r
Member
Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by caribic_dan
what i want to now is why do people have so much trouble with the lets? they don't seem to be a problem when their in calibras
because most lets arent left standard when they go to a corsa, plus its not really desgined for a corsa is it
|
fazza
Member
Registered: 7th Feb 08
Location: Plymouth
User status: Offline
|
want to swap my xe for a let.............
whos interested lol
|
dan-sport
Member
Registered: 9th Oct 07
Location: Bushbury, West Midlands
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by P1CK4D
quote:
Originally posted by caribic_dan
what i want to now is why do people have so much trouble with the lets? they don't seem to be a problem when their in calibras
After 100,000 miles nearly every part will be worn, battered or slightly fucked but will keep going as its sat there all that time.. once disturbed, (taking out for a conversion) things will just break. Im on my 2nd LET wiring loom let along other parts.
oooo that explains everythink 
|
FruitBooTeR
Member
Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by corsa_tomtom
If you are wanting it for the psssh sound then a LET isn't for you
Obv not just for that reason
Id want it for having more power, better tuning potential and the fact they seem to hold their value better.
BUTT! Bear in mind the pssshhhh is v good for your street cred  
|
dan-sport
Member
Registered: 9th Oct 07
Location: Bushbury, West Midlands
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
BUTT! Bear in mind the pssshhhh is v good for your street cred
haha amen to that, specially people from round our way lol they won't belive you can have a 2.0l turbo corsa
|
johnhara1
Member
Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
User status: Offline
|
Id prefer to buy a mint LET Corsa rather than build it.
The decent ones tend to come with extensive paperwork to verify rebuild and services.
It be gutted to hand over £1000 for a let, fit it to my pride and joy then find out its fucked before id even drove it.
[Edited on 05-06-2008 by johnhara1]
|
fazza
Member
Registered: 7th Feb 08
Location: Plymouth
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by johnhara1
Id prefer to buy a mint LET Corsa rather than build it.
The decent ones tend to come with extensive paperwork to verify rebuild and services.
It be gutted to hand over £1000 for a let, fit it to my pride and joy then find out its fucked before id even drove it.
me also but spent so much on mine if i do decide to let it then im not buying another corsa with one in
[Edited on 05-06-2008 by johnhara1]
|
willay
Moderator
Organiser: South East, National Events
Premium Member
Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
User status: Offline
|
Its easy to get bored of the XE if you're sitting on straight roads racing chavs round your local town centre. But they can be made into quite fun cars with the right bits such as proper suspension, LSD, proper tyres, general stiffening/making the car lighter.
If you are sitting there thinking about the running costs and shit maybe you should stick to a 1.4 or 1.6 or something. Even the XE engines can go wrong in a big way, its just cheaper to fix in some circumstances.
|
Dean_W
Member
Registered: 13th Dec 05
Location: Downham Market, Norfolk
User status: Offline
|
COmparing standard to standard, both should be reliable if looked after properly and not got silly high miles. If so, rebuild time.
I got used to my XE quite quickly, and soon though it wans't actually that quick.
I'd go LET, rebuild it and have it running totally standard....if I had the money and desire to do another transplant.
|
chunk89
Member
Registered: 16th May 07
Location: Huddersfield
User status: Offline
|
just buy one already done saves you all the hassel of it and you could end up with a better condition shell than yours
|
Superlite Ltd.
Member
Registered: 9th Jan 07
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
LET
|
willay
Moderator
Organiser: South East, National Events
Premium Member
Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by chunk89
just buy one already done saves you all the hassel of it and you could end up with a better condition shell than yours
and quite possibly not knowing what has gone into it, could still be buying a dog.
|
